British Royal Navy


Sunday, February 26, 2012
Daring and Dauntless, the Royal Navy’s Next Generation Puts to Sea
Blog

Daring and Dauntless, the Royal Navy’s Next Generation Puts to Sea

HMS Daring (D32) is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf and the latest news is HMS Dauntless (D33) will be headed south to the Falkland Islands to relieve

February 26, 2012
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
mars tanker royal fleet auxiliary
Engineering News

DSME Wins £452M Contract to Build 4 Royal Navy Fleet Auxiliary Tankers

A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers have been ordered for the Royal Navy fleet, the Ministry of Defense announced today. The new Military Afloat Reach and

February 22, 2012
Total Views: 299

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
rhib fort victoria pirates seychelles
Defense

Royal Navy Hands Over Suspected Pirates to Face Prosecution in Seychelles

A group of pirates caught by a Royal Navy operation in the Indian Ocean will face justice in the Seychelles. RFA Fort Victoria – part of NATO’s

January 31, 2012
Total Views: 76

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Royal Navy Stops Somali Pirates in their Tracks [VIDEO]
Piracy

Royal Navy Stops Somali Pirates in their Tracks [VIDEO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXKPiKQHTqY This dramatic video shows UK forces stopping a group of Somali pirates that were trolling for ships in the Indian

January 18, 2012
Total Views: 418

Monday, January 16, 2012
RFA Fort Victoria pirates take down capture
Multimedia

Royal Navy and US Naval Forces Take Down Pirate Dhow, 13 Captured [VIDEO]

Thirteen Somali pirates were captured on a dhow in the Indian Ocean on Friday by a combination of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary

January 16, 2012
Total Views: 84

Thursday, January 5, 2012
U.K. Chimes In: Disrupting Strait of Hormuz would be “illegal and unsuccessful”
Navy

U.K. Chimes In: Disrupting Strait of Hormuz would be “illegal and unsuccessful”

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Any attempt by Iran to disrupt the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz would be “illegal and unsuccessful”, U.K.

January 5, 2012
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
pirate skiffs antipiracy royal navy
Defense

Pirates Outmatched by Royal Navy Miniguns, Snipers, and Helicopters

SOMALI basin (COMBINED MARITIME FORCES) – The Royal Navy has struck at the heart of Somali piracy operating in the Somali basin.  RFA Fort Victoria

December 8, 2011
Total Views: 120

Monday, October 31, 2011
A gCaptain Halloween – Navy Ships in Razzle Dazzle
Interesting

A gCaptain Halloween – Navy Ships in Razzle Dazzle

Some of you may remember a cartoon which appeared during World War I, a drawing showing an inquisitive stranger talking with the gateman at a railway crossing.

October 31, 2011
Total Views: 289

Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Enter the DRAGON – Royal Navy receives high-tech destroyer [PHOTOS]
Navy

Enter the DRAGON – Royal Navy receives high-tech destroyer [PHOTOS]

DRAGON, the fourth Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyer built by BAE for the Royal Navy, has arrived in Portsmouth Naval Base, where she will be handed over to

August 31, 2011
Total Views: 83

Thursday, August 18, 2011
Beat the Block [HEAVY LIFT PHOTOS]
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Beat the Block [HEAVY LIFT PHOTOS]

Photo courtesy Royal Navy Yesterday, an 8,000-ton section of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Queen Elizabeth class of supercarriers, began the 600

August 18, 2011
Total Views: 45

Monday, August 15, 2011
HMS Monmouth Royal Navy mini gun MV Caravos Horizon
Defense

HMS Monmouth and Royal Marines Thwart Pirate Attack

Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. (ROYAL NAVY) In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist

August 15, 2011
Total Views: 159

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
HMS Sutherland NGS Drills
Defense

Photo of the Week – Royal Navy fires at Libya

Image by LA(PHOT) Keith Morgan, Royal Navy 29 July 2011 (Royal Navy) HMS Sutherland practised Naval Gunnery Support (NGS) drills by firing High Explosive

August 2, 2011
Total Views: 108

Tuesday, July 19, 2011
HMS Edinburgh south atlantic southern ocean sea Royal Navy
Defense

HMS Edinburgh encounters heavy seas in the South Atlantic

image (c) Liam Beswick This is the South Atlantic (almost) at its most unforgiving as the “Fortress of the Sea” ploughed west for the Falklands

July 19, 2011
Total Views: 1028

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
royal navy helicopter offshore rescue coast guard
Defense

Heroic Royal Marine saves two yachtsmen in Cornish storm

Two yachtsmen owe their lives to the fliers of 771 Naval Air Squadron after a dramatic rescue in a gale 100 miles off Cornwall. Aircrewman Sgt Tony Russell RM

July 12, 2011
Total Views: 47

Monday, July 4, 2011
Royal Navy Fort Victoria support ship
Defense

Royal Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack

Support ship Fort Victoria helped thwart an attack as pirates fired rockets at a merchant ship off Oman. 04 July 2011 Ten pirates in a couple of skiffs made

July 4, 2011
Total Views: 87

Friday, March 4, 2011
Engineering News

Rolls-Royce wins $40m Royal Navy contract for replenishment-at-sea systems

Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply a unique replenishment-at-sea (RAS) system to the Royal Navy. It will enable heavier-than-ever loads to be transferred

March 4, 2011
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Royal Navy frees hostages from pirate mother ship
Defense

Royal Navy frees hostages from pirate mother ship

A request for assistance from the South Korean merchant vessel Yong Jin in the Indian Ocean on 10th February led to Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship HMS

February 16, 2011
Total Views: 117

Monday, February 14, 2011
Shipyard Photos: Royal Navy’s ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’ under construction
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Shipyard Photos: Royal Navy’s ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’ under construction

Pictured here is construction of the first of the two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth, as workers at BAE Systems’ Govan

February 14, 2011
Total Views: 157

Saturday, February 5, 2011
Royal Navy Somalia
Maritime Security

Disturbing Anti-Piracy Tactics Revealed By WikiLeaks- Human Bait

gCaptain forum member SaltAir brings us this interesting WikiLeaks related news from the UK: British special forces veterans are in particular demand as ship

February 5, 2011
Total Views: 75

Thursday, January 13, 2011
Bow Of A British Warship
Navy

Brazil Refuses Entry Of British Warship

Brazil has refused to allow Royal Navy ship HMS Clyde dock in Rio de Janeiro, it has emerged. The Foreign Office has confirmed that HMS Clyde was diverted to

January 13, 2011
Total Views: 83